The dawn of the information age and the demand for increased regulatory compliance has brought many positive changes to the home healthcare industry. However, these ‘advances’ have also moved our industry further and further away from its original core of care – the patient. The staff time required for tracking and accountability has left many agencies focusing on clinical outcomes rather than needs or goals of their patients. The Pay-for-Performance issues raised by the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act strongly support a variety of demonstration projects. The results of these projects could have a powerful influence on how you do business. Read More
Tucked inside the new healthcare reform bill is a mother lode of resources and dynamic opportunities for the home healthcare industry. In my role as a consultant, I have spent the past few months scrutinizing the bill, sorting out its strengths and, more importantly, discovering how the new legislation will help my clients grow their businesses.
Americans, as they age, want to remain in their homes whenever possible. Congress heard this message and, as a result, there are many strong mandates within the legislation that make it possible for home healthcare and community-based services to be the wave of the future. While hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities will be part of the new healthcare delivery system, the new bill makes it clear that home health, hospice, and private duty home care, more than ever, will be taking center stage. Read More
